Will Trump be indicted?
Brad Moss at The Daily Beast writes:
I have finally seen enough. Donald Trump will be indicted by a federal grand jury.
You heard me right: I believe Trump will actually be indicted for a criminal offense. Even with all its redactions, the probable cause affidavit published today by the magistrate judge in Florida makes clear to me three essential points:
(1) Trump was in unauthorized possession of national defense information, namely properly marked classified documents.
(2) He was put on notice by the U.S. Government that he was not permitted to retain those documents at Mar-a-Lago.
(3) He continued to maintain possession of the documents (and allegedly undertook efforts to conceal them in different places throughout the property) up until the FBI finally executed a search warrant earlier this month.
That is the ball game, folks.
Moss makes the point that all Trump had to do was hand over all the classified documents when asked to. But he refused, and his lawyer lied to NARA and said they had all been returned.
Moss is a lawyer specialising in national security issues. If he is right, it will be a fascinating trial.